My husband and I took a trip to Kelleys Island in Northern Ohio several months ago. I am just now getting around to scrapbooking it and I wanted to show you the first layout I came up with as an introduction to our trip. I wanted to include the informational brochure that we saved containing a map of the island and some of the landmarks we visited so I created a sleeve using the Cricut Artfully Sent Cartridge from Close to my Heart. This cartridge contains a huge selection of sleeve cards so I chose this polka dot one because I wanted to be able to see through it to the brochure. I measured my brochure and then made sure the sizing of my sleeve would hold it and it came out perfectly. I also used the 50 States Cartridge from Cricut Design Space to cut out the state of Ohio. Unfortunately, it's not included in the subscription but it was only 90 cents so who's complaining? The golf cart is from the All Sports cartridge and I flattened this one to a print and cut just to speed up the process. I didn't want to have to cut multiple layers and piece them together on this one and I think it looks great as a single layer print and cut. I also put pictures on the layout! You so rarely see my pictures on the blog but here I am along with my husband in all our glory! We had a blast on that trip riding our little golf cart around the island.

I used Close to my Heart paper of course and the B&T paper on the right side is from an old discontinued paper pack. This brings me to my theme for next weeks blog posts called "Out with the Old and In with the New." We have a new catalog coming out on April 1 so I want to clear out my old stash of papers to get ready for all of my new products! While you won't be able to purchase any of the papers I'll be showing next week, I hope you'll still get inspiration from my layouts. Can't wait to show you everything and I can't wait to get through all of my old paper. I try very hard not to be wasteful!

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